Militants detonated a vehicle bomb near the charity’s offices in the Share Naw area of Kabul, and three gunmen barricaded themselves into buildings reportedly including Care’s office.
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Of the 42 rescued, 10 are foreigners, the interior ministry said.
Deputy Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish says the second bombing on Monday was caused by a suicide attacker who struck the area of the first blast after security forces gathered there.
The assault on a charity called Pamlarena began on Monday with a massive explosion, just hours after a brazen Taliban double bombing near the defence ministry – an attack apparently aimed at inflicting mass casualties.
The recent attacks highlight the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, which has left dozens of civilians dead.
Yesterday the Asia Branch of this supposed impartial third party organization (Amnesty International) also advised the American intelligence (CIA) to make use of new technology in preventing further Mujahideen attacks, and thus prevent the attacks of independence seeking Afghans.
In April the Pentagon said that 16 military personnel would be disciplined for the deadly incident but maintained that it was not a war crime because it resulted from unintentional human error and equipment failure.
Taliban militants have increased their attacks in Kabul recently.
Saudi Arabia has expressed strong condemnation and denunciation of the double bombing occurred near the Defense Ministry in Kabul, the SPA quoted an official source of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr Sediqqi said a district police chief and five other police officers were among those killed. Security forces rushed to the scene of the strike after the first attack, which took place as employees were leaving for the day.
The attack was claimed by the Taliban and was followed a few hours later by a auto bomb in Share Naw, a business and residential area of the city close to the government and embassy district, which the insurgent group also claimed.
The battle ended when all three assailants were gunned down by Afghan forces, the interior ministry said.
Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul on Tuesday, killing the last gunman holding out after an attack that began when a auto bomber blew himself up in a prosperous business and residential area.
Firefighters clear debris after the attack at the defence ministry.
Fierce fighting continues between the Afghan army and the militants across the country, notably in the southern province of Helmand and in the vicinity of the northern city of Kunduz.
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The Taliban have also recently closed in on Kunduz – the northern city they briefly seized previous year in their biggest military victory since the 2001 United States invasion – leaving Afghan forces stretched on multiple fronts.
